Display-box.



J. G. HEINIGKE.

DISPLAY BOX. APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1911.

1,016,148. v Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

'To all whom it may concern UNITED srATEsfrATE T orr cn JULIUS- G. HEINICKE, OF RICHMOND NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-30X.

Be it known that I, JULIUS G.Hn11-i1onn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Boxes, of;

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a box, or container, for small articles, such as tubes of tooth paste, bottles of perfumery etc., designed to be made of a single piece of cardboard or similar material, stamped or cut in the desired form and then easily folded to shape.

The container is double, that is composed.

of two receptacles, united at one vertical edge, so that they can be arranged; at an angle to each other to stand upright on the counter. Each receptacle is provided with a front opening, sufliciently large to exhibit the contained articles, but not large enough to permit them to be removed from the front. The receptacles have top openings, closed by folds folding back from the front, so that the articles may be removed easily from behind.

This container is convenient for shipping the articles and then for the display thereof in the shop, where the container is set on edge and the two receptacles arranged at an angle, so as to stand on end without rear props etc. The articles are well displayed but not conveniently removed from the front, so that theft is discouraged. But the articles may be removed conveniently from the rear, that is by the clerk behind the counter. The container so formed is strong, simple and economical to manufacture-convement for shipping and for display as aforesaid. v

My invention is shown in the drawing herewith in which the reference characters of this descri tion indicate thecorrespond ing parts in a l the figures.

Figure 1 shows the one iece blank, as stamped and ready to be fol ed to form the complete container. The creases for the folds are indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a pers tive view of the container in display posltion. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of Fig. 2. Fig.4 1s a vertical section of one of the receptacles. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the receptacle folded for shi ping.

In Fig. 1 is shown the blank of card ard, which may be stam ed at one operation, with a die of desire le form, an is then Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 26, 1911.

the end fold 10,

and gummed to the rear surface of the front Patented Jan. 30,1912. Serial No. 640,688. I' I folded to form thetwo receptacles A A, 7

connected by a hinge connection 1- at the vertical front 'edge. Each receptacle cons'ist'sof the front 2, having'the display opening 3, the back 4 connected to the front by the outer end '5,'s'a.id end having a top flap 6 to be folded down and in; the inner end 8 on the inner edge. 9 of the back 4, having to be folded in and forward adjacent to the hinged connection, or crease, 1, said inner end having a top flap 11 to be folded down and in; the top 12, extending from the upper-"edge 13 of the front 2 and having the to fold 14 to be folded back and down and tuc ed within the back 4; and thebottom 16, extending from the lower edge 17 of the back 1- and having the bottom fold 18, to be folded forward and up and tucked within the lower portion of the front; the

bottom is desirably provided with the flaps 20 and 21 to be folded up and tucked insi respectively of the inner end 8 and the outer end 5. The bottom fold 18 may be secured by adhesive gum to the rear surface ofithe.

front but this is not usually necessary. frills description sufliciently describes the form of the blankand the manner in which the various portions are folded along the creases to inclose the collapsible tubes 25 or other articles. Better to protect such articles, one from the other, a stiffening piece'26 may be inserted in each receptacle back of the articles with integral flaps 27 extending between the same. On the left of Fig. 2 the fla s are so arranged; on the right, they are s own folded back so as to be out of sight when the articles are replaced.

When the receptacles are folded face to face as in Fig. 3 for shipping, the flat insert 30 may be placed between the adjacent fronts of the two. The front edges of the flaps engage with this insert, whereby the signs.

container on the counter.

position of Fig. 3, the tops and bottoms are exposed to In Fig. 2 is shown the position of the The tops need not be folded down snugly but may be held up'in the position shown by the flaps 6 and 11 to actas a headline for the name of conspicuous mscription.

the article in large letters, or some other When, in retail trade, all the articles in one receptacle have been sold, that receptacle may be torn ofl along the crease 1, leaving the other complete and full. Or when desired to utilize one receptacle separately, as for selling the half dozen articles therein, it may be separated along said crease and a cover 35 set over the front to make a complete package, as indicated in Fig. 4 by dotted lines.

Having described my invention, I claim, A container for small articles comprising a receptacle having a top opening to admit the articles, a top cover fold for the top opening arranged to fold back from the front of the receptacle and to be opened from the rear, obstructing access to the articles from the front but permitting withdrawal thereof from the rear, said receptacle front having a display opening of a size to exhibit the greater portion of the displayed articles but to prevent withdrawal of the articles therethrough.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIUS G. HEINIGKE.

Witnesses: I CHARLES CARMoDY, S. MCCULLOUGH. 

